An Annotated Checklist of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in Longleaf Pine Savannas of Southern Louisiana and Mississippi

Bartholomew, Chanda S.; Prowell, Dorothy; Griswold, Terry

doi:10.2317/0410.27.1

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“…The percentage of bee species parasitic on other bee species, 19%, was similar to the 12-24% range reported from other eastern and Midwest U.S. sites by Bartholomew et al (2006).…”

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A Survey of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Indiana Dunes and Northwest Indiana, USA

Grundel¹,

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Frohnapple³

et al. 2011

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

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“…The percentage of bee species parasitic on other bee species, 19%, was similar to the 12-24% range reported from other eastern and Midwest U.S. sites by Bartholomew et al (2006).…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 82%

A Survey of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Indiana Dunes and Northwest Indiana, USA

Grundel¹,

Jean²,

Frohnapple³

et al. 2011

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

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“…While B. impatiens and B. bimaculatus seem to have adapted well to nesting in urban and agricultural areas and remain abundant throughout their ranges (Bartholomew et al 2006;Colla et al 2006;Giles and Ascher 2006), the declines noted in other species may be reversed if native ecosystems are restored. In particular, Bombus fervidus, B. pensylvanicus and B. vagans are long-tongued species and may be more susceptible to decline due to their increased specialization on flowers with long corollas (Harder 1983).…”

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Evidence for decline in eastern North American bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with special focus on Bombus affinis Cresson

2008

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Bumblebees (Bombus spp.) have been declining rapidly in many temperate regions of the Old World. Despite their ecological and economic importance as pollinators, North American bumblebees have not been extensively surveyed and their conservation status is largely unknown. In this study, two approaches were used to determine whether bumblebees in that region were in decline spatially and temporally. First, surveys performed in 2004-2006 in southern Ontario were compared to surveys from 1971 to 1973 in the same sites to look at changes in community composition, in one of the most bumblebee diverse areas of eastern North America. Second, the extent of range decline for a focal species (Bombus affinis Cresson) was estimated by surveying 43 sites throughout its known native range in eastern Canada and the United States. Our study documents an impoverishment of the bumblebee community in southern Ontario over the past 35 years. Bombus affinis in particular was found to have declined drastically in abundance not only in southern Ontario but throughout its native range. The loss of any bumblebee species may result in cascading impacts on native fauna and flora and reduce agricultural production. Implications for the conservation of this important group of pollinators are discussed.

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“…present at our locations. Bartholomew et al 27 compiled a checklist of 165 bee species known from the longleaf pine savannas of Louisiana and Mississippi and speculated this region may support up to 200 species in total, more than twice the number collected in this study. As reported from other systems 50,51 , our results from the Red Hills indicate a high degree of turnover between even narrowly separated locations, suggesting that the total diversity of bees endemic to the longleaf pine ecosystem may indeed be quite high.…”

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“…As reported from other systems 50,51 , our results from the Red Hills indicate a high degree of turnover between even narrowly separated locations, suggesting that the total diversity of bees endemic to the longleaf pine ecosystem may indeed be quite high. Unlike deserts where half or more of species are oligolectic 52,53 , Bartholomew et al 27 estimated an oligolecty rate of 18% among bees known from the longleaf pine ecosystem. It is therefore not surprising that most of the 94 bee species collected in this study are common and widespread taxa not limited to the longleaf pine ecosystem.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Fire dependent groups, such as paplionoid legumes, are common to these ecosystems and are pollinated almost exclusively by bees with a variety of responses to fire-altered phenology 12 . Several previous studies have sampled bees in longleaf pine forests [23][24][25][26][27] but no effort, to our knowledge, has been made to determine how bee assemblages differ between primary and secondary forests. Breland et al 23 recently compared bee communities between secondary longleaf pine forests with and without a history of tillage agriculture but otherwise very little is known about how bees are affected by past disturbances.…”

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A comparison of bee communities between primary and mature secondary forests in the longleaf pine ecosystem

Ulyshen

Pokswinski

Hiers

2020

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Much of the once-dominant longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystem has been lost from the coastal plain of the southeastern United States and only a few scattered remnants of primary forest remain. Despite much interest in understanding and restoring this ecosystem, relatively few studies have attempted to characterize or assess the conservation status of the longleaf bee fauna. the objective of this study was to compare the diversity and composition of bee communities between primary and mature secondary (>100 years old) fire-maintained forests in Georgia and Florida. We used colored pan traps to sample bees at three primary and four secondary locations divided between two regions characterized by sandy (eglin Air force Base) or clayey (Red Hills) soils. there were no overall differences between primary and secondary forests in bee richness, diversity, evenness or abundance. Community composition differed among locations but we found no evidence that primary remnants provide critical habitat to sensitive bee species.

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An Annotated Checklist of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in Longleaf Pine Savannas of Southern Louisiana and Mississippi

Cited by 13 publications

References 14 publications

A Survey of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Indiana Dunes and Northwest Indiana, USA

A Survey of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Indiana Dunes and Northwest Indiana, USA

Evidence for decline in eastern North American bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with special focus on Bombus affinis Cresson

A comparison of bee communities between primary and mature secondary forests in the longleaf pine ecosystem

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